Table 1 A bifurcated salt bridge linking helices G-I is important for gating.

From: Molecular determinants of common gating of a ClC chloride channel

 

n

V 1/2 (mV)

z (e0)

P min

V1/2A+(V1/2B-V1/2WT) (mV)

Common gating

 WT ClC-1

4

−51.6±1.7

1.05±0.04

0.21±0.02

 R300D

3

−57.6±1.8

0.83±0.02

0.20±0.02

 R304D

4

−61.7±2.2

1.22±0.05

0.38±0.01

 D265R

3

+30.0±1.1

0.82±0.02

0.17±0.01

 D265R R300D

3

−39.9±1.2

1.17±0.01

0.25±0.01

+24.0±2.7(<0.0001)

 D265R R304D

5

−44.9±1.1

1.15±0.03

0.20±0.01

+19.9±2.1(<0.0001)

 R300D R304D

3

−14.3±2.1

0.59±0.02

0.14±0.02

−67.7±3.3(0.0001)

 D265R R300D R304D

4

−48.1±1.2

1.08±0.02

0.24±0.01

+67.3±3.0(<0.0001)

Protopore gating

 WT ClC-1

4

−81.6±1.2

1.26±0.04

0.17±0.02

 R300D

3

−94.4±2.6

1.22±0.21

0.23±0.03

 R304D

4

−81.5±1.7

1.00±0.08

0.10±0.02

 D265R

3

−30.1±3.7

0.77±0.14

0.36±0.02

 D265R R300D

3

−72.4±1.2

1.32±0.01

0.15±0.01

−42.9±4.7(0.0042)

 R300D R304D

3

−80.6±3.3

0.93±0.07

0.06±0.04

−93.4±3.3(0.0509)

 D265R R304D

5

−81.7±3.3

1.01±0.08

0.15±0.04

−30.0±4.4(<0.0001)

 D265R R300D R304D

4

−72.0±1.2

1.26±0.05

0.17±0.01

−29.1±3.7(<0.0001)

  1. Data are the parameters of fits of equation (1) to experimental data for each mutant. Representative current traces and open probability curves are shown in Supplementary Fig. S4. n is the number of separate experiments performed, V1/2 is the half-saturation voltage of Po(V), z is the apparent gating valence, calculated from equation (3), and Pmin is the minimum value of Po(V). Data are means and s.e.m. Expected values of V1/2 for double and triple charge-swap mutants, calculated from the relative shift of V1/2 for the parental single or double mutant channels are shown in the far right column, with linearly propagated values of s.e.m. P-values derived from unpaired t-tests are shown in superscript.